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📽️ Watched Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith.
Unlike everyone else, this is my least favorite of the prequels. There’s a lot of beautiful digital scenery, but the story drags. More than once I looked at the amount of time left and thought, “Wait, really? How is there so much still to come?” As someone who’s in these mostly for Padmé, this film is a real bummer: we watch someone who used to be a badass diplomat and steady hand with a blaster wander around her apartment pregnant and worrying. I’ve been pregnant and I can tell you, it is possible to do things besides wait for your partner to come home. Not your fault, Padmé, I know. You’re imaginary and George Lucas (and lots of other people) don’t know how pregnant bodies work.
Want to read: How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds by Alan Jacobs 📚
Want to read: The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction by Alan Jacobs 📚
🔖 Read What’s wrong with sitting down in the shower? by Tom Meltzer
Since I sprained my ankle but don’t want to invest in a shower chair, I investigated whether just sitting in the tub/on the floor is a thing people do. It is.
💻 Completed Mozilla Developer Network’s:
📽️ Watched Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones.
This one is about exactly like I remember it. It was my favorite of the prequel trilogy because of the nods to Roman culture; I actually referenced it in my personal statement when I applied for my Master of Arts in Teaching Latin.
After this viewing, I think Anakin seemed even creepier and grouchier than he did before. He shows up all obsessed with Padmé and it seems like she doesn’t reciprocate his feelings until I guess one day she does? I suppose we get as much evidence that she’s into him as we do that Leia is into Han, but I don’t know. Han never gives an intense “I’ve thought of you every day for 10 years” speech.
Anyway, aside from her poor judgement in returning Anakin’s affections, I think Padmé is awesome. She was basically in Model UN, which is adorable. I’ve decided that she’s clearly why Luke and Leia aren’t garbage humans. And especially why Leia is so awesome. (I mean yeah Jimmy Smits Organa probably helped but still.)
Another one I’m not going to watch again before my kid makes me. (Also the shift in tone from Phantom Menace to this is bananas.)
🍿 This is the best thread I’ve read in forever, and it’s so heartening to see somebody come fresh to The Princess Bride and love it as much as I’ve loved it for more than 30 years.
OKAY. The Princess Bride. Super well known and beloved film, and I have absolutely no idea what it's about. Now I did initially think it was the one (also not seen) where the lady comes down on a meteor or something but apparently not so, and I think I also got it-
— Yubi 🎲 Makin' Iroh Proud (@uzbadyubi) January 18, 2020
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📚 Read Uncanny X-Men #129.
